This special issue aims to celebrate the 4th edition of the International VATS Symposium in London(Oct 2017) and to offer a complete monograph of all the topics covered.

The International VATS Symposium(http://www.internationalvats.com/) is a fully interactive comprehensive symposium that covers all aspects of modern minimally invasive surgery. Providing all the elements to develop a successful advanced VATS programme including expert techniques, we will discuss the technical aspects of the most challenging procedures with international experts and share your most difficult cases with knowledgeable and skilled faculty.

This postgraduate course emphasizes the use of video-based education and in-depth discussion of technical details.

Currently, the outline of this special issue is as follows.

❖ Awake Thoracic Surgery

Luca Bertolaccini/Piergiorgio Solli (Italy)

❖ Fast Track-Enhanced Recovery for MITS

Alessandro Brunelli (UK)

❖ How to deal with a patient with multiple comorbidities undergoing thoracic

surgery? Does risk always outweighs the benefit or can we manage it safely?